AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A US agency warned on Friday that Afghanistan will need vast amounts of foreign funding to keep its government afloat through 2024. International money pays for roughly 75 percent of all of Afghanistan’s costs, while government revenue covers barely a quarter of Afghan public expenditures. The …
Read More »Afghan election: US calls for transparency & timeliness
AT News KA BUL: A top US diplomat in Kabul has underscored the need for transparency in the electoral process, including the final results. “We strongly support the efforts of the election complaints commission to complete its work in a transparent, fair, and timely manner. Impartiality and consistency will deliver …
Read More »Karzai, Hekmatyar discuss peace prospects
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met Gulbuddin Hekmatyar the leader of Hezb-e-Islami Party on Wednesday, discussing peace efforts and particularly the intra-Afghan negotiations expected to be held in Germany, Hekmatyar’s office said in a statement. The statement did not elaborate the meeting, but said German government planned to …
Read More »Taliban oppose educating girls in Takhar
AT News KABUL: Hundreds of girls have been deprived of education as insecurity recently been intensified in northern Takhar province, provincial officials said on Wednesday. Some of the provincial inhabits have voiced concerns over the Taliban’s active presence in Khwajaghar district. They said the insecurity has deprived scores of …
Read More »25 security personnel killed in Kunduz, Uruzgan ambushes
AT News KABUL: Some 25 Afghan forces have been killed in Taliban ambushes on security outposts in tumultuous Kunduz and Uruzgan provinces, according to provincial councilmembers. The Taliban have taken responsibilities for the attacks. Deputy Chairman of Kunduz provincial council, Safiullah Amiri, said that Taliban staged a pre-dawn group ambush …
Read More »No cases of Coronavirus reported in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Officials in the ministry of public health said there is no case of coronavirus so far in Afghanistan, and also spoke about measures taken by the ministry in its prevention. Dr. Feda Mohammad Moye said passengers that have been directly or indirectly arriving from China in Kabul …
Read More »“Deliberate abandonment of fraud allegations stymied 2018 parliamentary elections”
AT News KABUL: Some election watchdogs are arguing that accusations of fraud which had marred the 2018 Parliamentary Elections had been treated politically in favour of the sitting parliament members. They believe that favoritism in arbitration of election scams has tarnished public trust in elections and the justice system. They …
Read More »Taliban ban medicine supply to Paktia healthcare facilities
AT News KABUL: Officials in the eastern province of Paktia say that Taliban do not allow medicines supply to healthcare centers there. The officials in the districts of Samkani and Aryoub Zazi, said Wednesday that hospitals and other medical facilities had not received medicines for one month, which had made …
Read More »33 insurgents killed in latest military raids
AT News KABUL: At least 33 Taliban militants have been killed and six others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Wednesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Ghani cancels peace council budget
AT News KABUL: Government has purportedly canceled the budget of the High Peace Council in the wake of President Ghani’s establishing of state ministry for peace to steer peace affairs. Some councilmembers are blasting at the budget cancellation arguing that the council is facing a lack of facilities and budget …
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